Greg Barker & Highway 61 - Greg Barker & Highway 61 (2004)

HIGHWAY 61 rolls on for over 800 long miles, all the way from the Mississippi Delta to the Windy City of Chicago. This road is Known as the Blues Highway, because it carried so many of the outh's Blues legends from their roots in towns like larksdale and Greenville all the way to the big city. Their original music went through some interesting changes along the way.

GREG BARKER AND HIGHWAY 61 are Bluesmen who have managed to capture the many flavors and styles of that long stretch of highway. From gutbucket Mississippi swamp blues to Chicago style "jump" blues, if you can say it, they can play it. With collective musical experience totaling over 150 years, these guys love the Blues! In addition to their own original work, they play tunes made famous by artists from Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf to contemporary Blues giants like Charley Musselwhite and Tommy Castro. Sit back and savor a tasty Blues gumbo with Greg Barker and Highway 61.